Melanie Jay

Summary

Affiliation: New York University School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Accuracy of weight perception among urban early adolescents with uncontrolled asthma and their caregivers
    Melanie Jay
    VA New York Harbor and Division of General Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Ann Behav Med 45:239-48. 2013
  2. ncbi The impact of primary care resident physician training on patient weight loss at 12 months
    Melanie R Jay
    New York University School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York, New York, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 21:45-50. 2013
  3. ncbi From the patient's perspective: the impact of training on resident physician's obesity counseling
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, VA New York Harbor, 423 E 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 25:415-22. 2010
  4. ncbi Physicians' attitudes about obesity and their associations with competency and specialty: a cross-sectional study
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:106. 2009
  5. ncbi Physicians' use of the 5As in counseling obese patients: is the quality of counseling associated with patients' motivation and intention to lose weight?
    Melanie Jay
    New York University School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:159. 2010
  6. ncbi How medical students' behaviors and attitudes affect the impact of a brief curriculum on nutrition counseling
    Sheira Schlair
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
    J Nutr Educ Behav 44:653-7. 2012
  7. ncbi A randomized trial of a brief multimedia intervention to improve comprehension of food labels
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, 10010, USA
    Prev Med 48:25-31. 2009
  8. ncbi New measures to establish the evidence base for medical education: identifying educationally sensitive patient outcomes
    Adina L Kalet
    Medical Education, Section of Primary Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
    Acad Med 85:844-51. 2010
  9. ncbi Do internists, pediatricians, and psychiatrists feel competent in obesity care?: using a needs assessment to drive curriculum design
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 23:1066-70. 2008

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Accuracy of weight perception among urban early adolescents with uncontrolled asthma and their caregivers
    Melanie Jay
    VA New York Harbor and Division of General Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Ann Behav Med 45:239-48. 2013
    ..Obesity is associated with poor asthma outcomes; weight loss improves such outcomes. Inaccurate recognition of obesity may impede weight control...
  2. ncbi The impact of primary care resident physician training on patient weight loss at 12 months
    Melanie R Jay
    New York University School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York, New York, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 21:45-50. 2013
    ..This study assessed whether a 5-h multimodal longitudinal obesity curriculum for residents on the basis of the 5As (assess, advise, agree, assist, and arrange) was associated with weight loss in their obese patients...
  3. ncbi From the patient's perspective: the impact of training on resident physician's obesity counseling
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, VA New York Harbor, 423 E 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 25:415-22. 2010
    ..It is uncertain whether training improves physicians' obesity counseling...
  4. ncbi Physicians' attitudes about obesity and their associations with competency and specialty: a cross-sectional study
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:106. 2009
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  5. ncbi Physicians' use of the 5As in counseling obese patients: is the quality of counseling associated with patients' motivation and intention to lose weight?
    Melanie Jay
    New York University School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:159. 2010
    ..We sought to describe the quality of physicians' obesity counseling and to determine associations between the quality of counseling and obese patients' motivation and intentions to lose weight, key predictors of behavior change...
  6. ncbi How medical students' behaviors and attitudes affect the impact of a brief curriculum on nutrition counseling
    Sheira Schlair
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
    J Nutr Educ Behav 44:653-7. 2012
    ..To evaluate a nutrition curriculum and explore the influence of medical students' own nutrition practices on its impact...
  7. ncbi A randomized trial of a brief multimedia intervention to improve comprehension of food labels
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, 10010, USA
    Prev Med 48:25-31. 2009
    ..Previous studies suggest lack of comprehension of food labels. We studied a multimedia intervention to improve food label comprehension in a sample of low income patients in New York City...
  8. ncbi New measures to establish the evidence base for medical education: identifying educationally sensitive patient outcomes
    Adina L Kalet
    Medical Education, Section of Primary Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
    Acad Med 85:844-51. 2010
    ....
  9. ncbi Do internists, pediatricians, and psychiatrists feel competent in obesity care?: using a needs assessment to drive curriculum design
    Melanie Jay
    Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 23:1066-70. 2008
    ..Physicians must effectively evaluate and treat obesity. To design a needs-driven curriculum intended to improve patient outcomes, physicians were surveyed about their self-perceived knowledge and skills...